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Training and Development Specialists
Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. May analyze organizational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Present information with a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Evaluate modes of training delivery, such as in-person or virtual, to optimize training effectiveness, training costs, or environmental impacts.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, or consultation with managers, instructors, or customer representatives.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Monitor, evaluate, or record training activities or program effectiveness.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Design, plan, organize, or direct orientation and training programs for employees or customers.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Develop alternative training methods if expected improvements are not seen.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Evaluate training materials prepared by instructors, such as outlines, text, or handouts.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Monitor training costs and prepare budget reports to justify expenditures.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss28%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
55%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 78% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.